What is a 'professional client'? Definition & meaning

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Professional Client

An investor that is able to meet several regulatory criteria.

After-hours trading

Trading outside of a stock exchange's opening hours.

Investment Return

The amount of money made or lost from an investment. Usually expressed as a percentage.

Conventional gilts

Gilts where the dividends and principal repayments are fixed in nominal terms. This is as opposed to an index-linked gilt where the dividends and principal repayments are related to movements in the Retail Prices Index (RPI).

Year to Date (YTD)

A period of time that starts with the first day of the current calendar year and ends with today.

Gilt

What is a gilt?

Accrued interest

The interest earned on a gilt since the last dividend date. When buying a gilt, the buyer pays the accrued interest at the time of a transaction to the seller in addition to the clean price of the gilt

Nominal amount

The face value of a gilt. It represents the amount that will be repaid to the holder at maturity and is also used to calculate the dividend or coupon payment.

Costs and Charges

The money you pay when investing.

Professional Client

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Professional Client

After-hours trading

Investment Return

Conventional gilts

Year to Date (YTD)

Gilt

Accrued interest

Nominal amount

Costs and Charges

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